Healthy Lifestyle for Children

On this Q & A you can ask Alive ‘N’ Kicking’s team of specialists questions about your child's nutrition and activity levels.

Our expert - Alive 'N' Kicking

Concerned about your child’s diet and fitness? / Looking for ways to keep your kids active and eating healthily? / Looking for tips on how to encourage your child to be active and eat healthy?

Alive ‘N’ Kicking is a free, healthy lifestyle programme which aims to help families with children who want to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle succeed. The programme is available to all families with children aged 4 to 12 years old in the borough of Barnet.

If you have any questions about healthy eating or getting fit, Alive ‘N’ Kicking’s team of registered nutritionists and exercise specialists would be more than happy to answer.

To book or for more information, please call 0208 102 0530, email barnet@ANK.uk.com or visit our website www.ank.uk.com.

Healthfriends offers to our users the opportunity to put questions to consultants, clinicians and wellbeing experts in order to obtain information and support. Please read and take note of the following important points:

- Responses from clinicians should be used as an adjunct to the care given by your doctor, nurse or other clinician and should be discussed with them before you take any action.

- Our clinicians and experts do not have access to your full medical history and are not in a position to, and do not, provide a specific opinion or advice about your particular case or healthcare need.

- Before you make any changes to your treatment or care please discuss them with your GP.

Questions will be responded to within two working days on most occasions. If our clinician is on leave or not able to respond within this time a notice will be placed at the bottom of the clinician's profile.

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